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Dear Husker Dan:
You wanted to know if you could post my email address for your readers.
It is ok with me as long as they all understand that I cannot guarantee
immediate responses. I will try to do the best I can though.
SSG Myles A. Frohling Sr.
410th Military Police Company
APO, AE 09310
[email protected]
Dear Husker Dan:
I recently read your postings of emails from those fellow Husker fans
deployed in support of the Global War on Terrorism and I must submit
my input on this year's season. I can not count the number of football
seasons that I have missed as the result of being deployed in support
of some operation in far away lands. I missed all three Championship
games in the 90s. I was suffering through the Swamp Phase of Ranger
School when NU beat Miami, I was deployed to South Sinai Egypt when
NU was doing the Wuerffel Waffle over Florida and I was preparing
to go to Bosnia when NU beat Tennessee.
This year I spent my time not only dodging mortar and rocket rounds
but dodging the snide comments from my boss, a die-hard Sooner fan,
who reveled more in the hardships of NU then in the successes of Sooner
nation. I have only made one Husker fan and was a pre-cursor to my
marrying her 3 years ago. I made this Husker fan out of a UT Alum
and this Husker fan is my wife who is also serving in Operation Iraqi
Freedom only she is on the east side and I am on the west side of
Baghdad. Of course she is Big Red through and through unless NU plays
UT, but I am working that issue. God Bless my Warrior!!!
Missing NU's season this year was made easier, not by the year that
they had, but because I was serving this great nation and with the
world's finest Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines. It truly is
an honor. I am a 17 year Infantry Officer and a US Army Ranger. As
a Ranger, part of what we live by is the Ranger Creed. The Ranger
Creed is what drives us forward when all hope seems to have been vanquished,
drives us to continue when there is nothing left and instills in us
the desire that no Ranger will ever be left behind.
The Ranger Creed is broken into 6 stanzas with the first letter in
each stanza beginning with the corresponding letter in the word Ranger.
The third stanza of the Ranger Creed reads: Never shall I fail my
comrades. I will always keep myself mentally alert, physically strong
and morally straight and I will shoulder more than my share of the
task whatever it may be. One hundred percent and then some.
The fifth stanza of the Ranger Creed reads: Energetically will I meet
the enemies of my country. I shall defeat them on the field of battle
for I am better trained and will fight with all my might. Surrender
is not a Ranger word. I will never leave a fallen comrade to fall
into the hands of the enemy and under no circumstances will I ever
embarrass my country. I echo what those who have posted before me
have written: "We do not need much. Perhaps a card here, a letter
there just to let us know you are thinking of us as we go into harms
way".
What I want is for the naysayers not to abandon NU. Do not give up
because of one preseason of turmoil and a season unlike many have
ever seen before. Stand behind your team, OUR team; stand behind "the
Huskers". My Pledge, borrowed from the 3rd and 5th stanzas of
the Ranger Creed; Never shall I fail the Huskers, NEVER will I leave
them behind and under no circumstances will I ever do or say anything
that would bring discredit to what I believe is the finest football
program in the history of this great country. Thank you for all that
you and your readers do.
Thanks for supporting
those deployed forward,
Go Big Red!!!
Rangers Lead the Way!!!
Major Mike Kenfield
Multinational Corps-Iraq
Baghdad, Iraq
[email protected]
Dear Major Kenfield: Your inspirational words should be read by every
by every Husker fan and by every American. Merry Christmas, Godspeed
and Go Big Red!!!
Dear Husker Dan:
Please keep up your fine work. My son completed his tour over there
last April (he was with the 4th ID out of Ft. Carson), and it is so
sweet to have him back. We watched the Colorado game together from
the North end zone. The troops need all the help we can give them,
and you are certainly one of the good guys.
Tom Berry
Winterset, IA
Dear Husker Dan:
Hello from Iraq. I am currently over here counting the days until
I get to come home. Just thought I would drop you a note after reading
about all of the service members with Nebraska ties. I am from Hastings
originally but now make my home in Oregon. I still have family back
in Nebraska. I am a die hard Husker fan and have been for a long time.
I remember as a kid playing football with my uncles on Thanksgiving
day before the meal and watching the Nebraska-Oklahoma game afterward.
Again I thank you for all of the support.
My mailing address is:
GySgt Arrants J. L.
MWSS-472 Supt Co MT
Unit 72495
FPO AE 09509-2495
[email protected]
PS. Wish AFN would have televised at least one husker game. Didn't
get the chance to see even one. Also, if people would like to email
me, have them use my personal email address.
Dear Husker Dan:
You asked me if it was okay to post my email address. If it's okay
with you, it's okay with me. Thanks.
[email protected]
My address is:
CW2 Michael Eckhardt
B TRP 3-4 CAV
TF SABER
APO-AE 09355
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